Elizabethtown

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

Elizabeth town is full of ideas. It's too bad they couldn't have been strung together to form one cohesive story. Which is kind of what you want to do in the movie. Is it the story of a shoe designers catastrophic failure that almost bankrupts Nike. (The shoe was named the Spasmotic. No reason was ever given about why the show was recalled to the tune of a a billion dollars. Why would you need to recall a shoe unless maybe it was making people's feet dissolver. The unanswered shoe question hung there at the back of mind for the entire movie) Is it the story of a son who goes back to meet his father's family after his father's death and it's complications? Is it a boy meet girl story about two people who are the subsititute people in their friends lives? I guess, don't know.

So many threads, so little weaving. I don't know why I keep trying with Cameron Crowe. I want his movies to be better than they are. Jerry Maguire? Feh. Did anyone enjoy Almost Famous? Singles? Say Anything? They make me laugh but they are all bit maudlin and needy.

Okay, Fast Times at Ridgemont High was hilarious. What has he done for me lately?

[Haggis Killer]

I liked Almost Famous. "Fever Dog" would have been a hit in '72, I'll tell you that.

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

What the heck is a fever dog?

[Drunk Monk]

But it was about the backstage rock scene and that's one of my worlds. Moreso, it was my only real exposure to Kate Hudson, and she totally won me over. I guess I still have a thing for her mom. Is that kinky? Aside from that and Fast Times, that's all I really know of Crowe.

[King Bob]

I liked Almost Famous as well, but I thought Fairuza Balk was hotter than Kate Hudson. And I like Zooey Deschanel. Crowe is always good about the way he incorporates the music into the film. And Jason Lee was hilarious. Spot on.